Tickets
- £3.50
Dan Babei is a Transylvanian man living on Portland.
** WET WEATHER UPDATE***
As the weather is looking a wee bit wet tonight we have moved Batman and his Na Na’s to the delightful and warm and cosy Royal Manor Theatre – less walking but lots of bat talking!
“Bats also migrate to Portland, like me. Being an immigrant (on the fringes of society, slightly feared and treated as “other”) feels a bit like being a bat sometimes, especially as a Transylvanian man; it’s the first thing I get asked about, can I do a cheesy impression of a vampire or will I turn into a bat? Here’s your chance to meet the Bat-Man and his band, the Na-Nas.”
Bats are the inadvertent symbol of Transylvania and are related to Transylvanian vampirical folklore. Bats are on the fringes of society, mysterious, appearing on the edge of night – they are feared and misunderstood by many, treated as “other” because of a lack of understanding, and yet they have made Portland their home.
Join us for a twilight walk, around the paths of Chesil Cove and West Weares, catch a glimpse of our bat friends and learn some facts about this misunderstood animal and how we need to protect them, not fear them.
Afterwards, Bat Man will sing some traditional Romanian songs around a campfire, and we can all learn a traditional Transylvanian dance.
